There are a surprising number of flowers still in bloom for mid October. Here are just six for today’s post – more later. 
It’s been a full day, covid and flu jabs this morning, a long catch up with friends in the Buttermarket and this afternoon another pottery lesson. More about that tomorrow too.
Jim, over at Garden Ruminations, hosts Six on Saturday Pop over and in the comments, you’ll find so many delightful posts from keen gardeners all over the world.
Last weekend we went for brunch at a brilliant cafe, Bob’s Cafe in Muswell Hill. The food was delicious, the service exemplary and as we paid, they gave us a couple of little cards. They turned out to be a little gift of seeds rather than loyalty cards and I will be planting them when it seems the right moment.
My Suffragette garden has good colour right now, Verbena Bonariensis, Japanese Anemones and Cyclamen.
We have a perpetual calendar which we love and turning it over today, found this perfect quotation.
It’s bulb planting time and today, my lovely Mr S has made up two pots of purple and white Iris Reticulata and a bigger pot of multi coloured tulips. I love planting for Spring colour and planting hope for the future.
It is National Elephant Appreciation Day. I love elephants as did my dear friend Angie and today is one we both celebrated.
We have been lucky enough to see elephants in the wild and I have a small collection of elephants – wooden, glass, painted, carved. Here are some of my favourites.
My Elephant family, representing me and the lovely Mr S, our eldest daughter, our second daughter and our twins, a son and a daughter. The tiny one is the little person we never met but who will always be one of us.
The hanging baskets outside our favourite coffee shop in Redruth are looking really lovely.
I haven’t sown Love-in-a-mist this year (an oversight) but discovered a couple of self-sown ones in the stony path.
Our tomatoes in the greenhouse are ripening up nicely. This one caused some amusement.
A bit late this month with the Happiness calendar….
Friends came over for tea in the garden this afternoon and brought a beautiful little posy of flowers from their garden,
Thanks P&J
As part of my clearing, I came across a very small booklet that I had as a child – a picture book version of Charles Kingsley’s Water Babies. I was reminded of Mrs Bedonebyasyoudid and Mrs Doasyoyuwouldbedoneby, both characters whose words we should all live by – The Golden Rule in fact. I’ve written about the Golden Rule several times before. Here’s one should you wish to check it out.
At Roots today, a sunflower opening its petals
We’ve seen few butterflies at home this year so it was especially good to see a Painted Lady at Roots today.
I took the following photo when in Penzance on July 9th and meant to show you on 11th, the anniversary of the wedding of Dylan Thomas and Caitlin Macnamara in the house opposite the Acorn Theatre in Penzance.
I haven’t joined in the Six on Saturday, now run by Jim, for a while but here are six for today.
I’m sure Jim would love to see you over on Garden Ruminations and, as always, if you want a peek over other people’s garden walls, then please pop over to his site where you find links to many more wonderful garden enthusiasts from all over the world. (Thanks Jude)
In Truro this morning I was very taken with the beautiful hanging baskets. On the way home, we admired a couple of the many baskets in Redruth from the car.
In Truro
In Truro
In Redruth
A lovely warm afternoon invited us into the garden with ice creams.
There are so few butterflies in our garden this year but today there was a Meadow Brown. You’ll have to look carefully to see it in the (rather dry) grass.
Meadow Brown (Maniola jurtina)
The flower bombs we bought in Amsterdam are developing but I don’t yet know what to expect as I don’t recognise any of the early leaves. 
The daisies are withstanding all the cold, wet and windy weather unlike the osteospernum which are looking very beaten down.
Our golden wedding rose has its first beautiful and highly scented bloom.
Lovely short walk in the gardens today after buying a new Clematis Montana with our daughter. The bluebells and rhododendrons are magnificent.
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